Liar's Landscape: Collected Writing from a Storyteller's Life [Hardcover]

‘a testament to Bradbury’s range, and to his engagement with a number of live political debates'

"Essential and poignant reading for readers knowing Bradbury's work . . . should encourage those unfamiliar with his writing to seek out his [work]." --"Library Journal"

'a fitting tribute in the sense that it allows us to see the unalloyed writer'

The final volume from the late, great Sir Malcolm Bradbury

'What is written lives far longer than we do -- or so we would like to think.' From unfinished novel to unsent letters, from prose to play, from Macclesfield to the New Year's Honours List, Liar's Landscape is evidence of the late great author's versatility, wit and passion for the written word. When Sir Malcolm Bradbury died in 2000, he left behind a lifetime's work; some of it published and some of it not; fiction and non-fiction; short stories and novels; completed work, work in progress, work barely begun; plans, sketches, notes, titles. Given shape and coherence by his son, Dominic, that work has now become Liar's Landscape, a book about books, about writing and writers, about being a writer and, of course, about being Malcolm Bradbury. With an introduction by Dominic Bradbury and afterword by David Lodge, Liar's Landscape is the definitive writer's guide.

'An engaging collection, lovingly put together' Blake Morrison, Guardian When Sir Malcolm Bradbury died in 2000, he left behind a lifetime's work; some of it published and some of it not; fiction and non-fiction; short stories and novels; completed work, work in progress, work barely begun; plans, sketches, notes, titles. Given shape and coherence by his son, Dominic, that work has now become Liar's Landscape, a book about books, about writing and writers, about being a writer and, of course, about being Malcolm Bradbury. 'This book is a reminder of Malcolm Bradbury's mainfold talents, and of his scope. The TV writer, memoirist, playwright, journalist and wit left plenty for his fans to enjoy' Daily Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Malcolm Bradbury was a well-known novelist, critic and academic. He set up the famous creative writing department at the University of East Anglia, was an active journalist and a leading television writer, as well as the author of seven novels and several works of non-fiction, humour and satire. Awarded a knighthood in 2000, he died the same year.